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High Desert Harp Ensemble
2019-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Free Holiday Concert!
High Desert Harp Ensemble was formed by Linda Larkin 18 years ago and continues to perform, currently under the leadership of Katie Cosgrove.
Members of the ensemble are Katie Cosgrove, Julie Hawley, Chita Gillis and Dian El Aine.

St. Francis Auditorium

NHCC & Baila! Baila! Present Christmas in New Mexico® 2019
2019-12-07 - 2019-12-08 | National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
2 pm—Saturday & Sunday 7 pm—Saturday
Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of Christmas in New Mexico. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as unique segments saluting Christmas traditions from around the world, will delight theatregoers of all ages. In 2019, Baila! Baila! will be celebrating their 30th year in spectacular fashion. Christmas in New Mexico features a large multigenerational cast including dancers as young as six, as well as Baila! Baila!’s professional company dancers. Special guest performances include Mariachi Tapatio from El Paso, Texas and an appearance by company founder Israela Garcia.
$22, $27, $32 w/ $2 discounts for students, seniors and NHCC members
Baila! Baila! Dance Academy was founded in 1990 with the mission of educating students solely in traditional Mexican folk dance. The school’s curriculum has expanded to additional dance genres including country western, salsa, hip hop, classical ballet, and Danza Azteca.
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!
Buy tickets HERE

Old Town Holiday Stroll
2019-12-06 17:30 - 21:00 | NM
Enjoy entertainment and visit the Museum’s exhibits after hours. The Museum will reopen with free admission from 5:30 p.m. till 9 p.m. Visit nmnaturalhistory.org for more details. The annual tree lighting in Plaza Don Luis in Old Town will begin at 6pm.

Public Opening Reception: Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood
2019-12-06 17:00 - 19:00 | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
The artwork of these individuals produced was colored by their own perceptions and backgrounds. This exhibition explores artists’ responses to and interpretations of their own experiences and ideas about the Penitente Brotherhood.
5:30 to 6:00: Gallery Talk with Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack

Library Open House Artist holiday cards
2019-12-04 13:00 - 16:00 | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Celebrate the holiday season by exploring the Museum of Art’s collection of holiday cards that were handmade and exchanged by artists in New Mexico. These delightful works show the creativity and intertwined relationships between artists such as Gustave Baumann, Will Shuster, Gerald Cassidy, Olive Rush, Jozef Bakos, Sheldon Parsons, Willard Nash, Walter Ufer, Willard Clark, Dorothy Dunn, Joseph Imhof, and Agnes Sims.
This event is an informal opportunity for you to browse books and artist files, ask questions, exchange recommendations with the Librarian and see what’s new. About 7500 books are available for browsing, reading and creative inspiration. We offer free Wifi if you wish to bring a laptop, smartphone or tablet. Come any time between 1-4pm.

Friends of History Lecture Series The 1776 Expedition of Dominguez and Escalante
2019-12-04 12:00 - 13:00 | New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
In the Summer of 1776, two Franciscan Friars left Santa Fe on a journey to find an overland route to the only other Spanish settlement : Monterey, California. Although they never achieved this goal they instead circumnavigated the Colorado Plateau, created the first map of this region and documented the customs and living situations of the Ute Indians who occupied the regions north of Santa Fe and as far west as the Great Salt Lake. The journey covered 1800 miles and took six months.
Over a five year period Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfreid Halus (now deceased) retraced this route and photographed the terrain and legacy of this expedition.
The photographs in the lecture are from the book : In Search of Dominguez and Escalante (Museum of New Mexico Press) by Mac Gregor and Halus and will be on exhibition at the Palace of the Governors , Santa Fe, during the year 2020.
Greg Mac Gregor is Professor Emeritus of Art and Photography from the California State University , East Bay. Past photo projects of trans- Mississippi exploration and travel include :The California Emigrant trail of 1841-1870; The Oregon Emigrant Trail; The Lewis and Clark Expedition; The Mormon Emigrant Trail; and The Transcontinental Railroad of 1869. He has had eighty exhibitions of these projects both domestic and foreign, and published four books.
The late Siegfreid Halus , was former professor of Photography at Tufts University . He also was the director of the Art department at the Santa Fe Community College and the author ( along with Marie Romero Cash) of Living Shrines : Home Alters of New Mexico (Museum of New Mexico Press). As an exhibiting photographer he had extensive national and international exposure and authored many articles on art and photography.
www.friends-of-history.org

Beyond Standing Rock Closing Panel Discussion Protecting Chaco Canyon
2019-12-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87557, United States
Join us for the closing of Beyond Standing Rock, a temporary exhibition at MIAC that explores the many health and sacred land infringements made upon Native American sovereignty, including the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota. The panel discussion will include Acoma Pueblo Governor Brian Vallo, Arden Kucate (Zuni Pueblo Tribal Councilman and culture expert), and Mark Mitchell (former governor and co-chair of the All Pueblo Council of Governors’ Natural Resources Committee). The panel will focus on recent efforts to protect Chaco Canyon from drilling and fracking, and the success Tribal governments have had in delaying those plans for at least another decade.

Library Pop-Up Open House
2019-12-01 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/
Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure. The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.
706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.
Hours: 10 am to 5 pm daily, May through October; closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents.

Light Among the Ruins
2019-11-30 17:00 - 21:00 | Jemez Historic Site, 18160 NM-4, Jemez Springs, NM, 87025, United States
The ruins of Giusewa Pueblo and San José de los Jemez Mission will be decorated with hundreds of farolitos. Each evening’s program will include traditional Native American flute music and Jemez Pueblo dancers’ performing between two illuminating bon-fires. The Historic Site will also host an arts and crafts fair and have food available for purchase. Flash photography, drones, and alcohol are prohibited. Those planning on walking to and from the event are encouraged to bring a flashlight and wear reflective clothing. Tickets on sale now. https://www.ampconcerts.org/event/351568/light-among-the-ruins

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Thanksgiving Closure
2019-11-28 | NM
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will be closed on November 28, 2019 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Museum will reopen on November 29th at 9:00am.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
2019-11-26 15:30 - 16:30 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
Upcoming at Santa Fe Southside Library:
Dec. 17th – Peruvian Retablos
Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.

Matt Magee: Works 2012-2018 Talk and Book Signing
2019-11-23 10:30 - 12:00 | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
David Chickey, publisher, designer and editorial director of Radius Books, a nonprofit publishing company based in Santa Fe talks with artist Matt Magee on his latest work and project. Matt transitioned to Phoenix, Arizona after living in New York City for 30 years and his experience in the Southwest explores language and communication as investigative acts.
(Talk 10:30 to 11:30 am, followed by a book signing)
This is a free event.
A partnership program with Radius Books and the New Mexico Museum of Art

HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market
2019-11-23 - 2019-11-24 | New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM, United States
This sixth-annual event showcases the food grown in New Mexico. More than 70 vendors from around the state will sell their products as the gift-giving season approaches. Demonstrations are also part of the fun. Food items for sampling and purchasing include award-winning salsas, wine, pies, cookies, sauces, honey, jerky, candy, beans, native foods, and much more. The Museum partners with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture for this event. Admission is $5 per vehicle.

Hardship, Greed, and Sorrow: An Officer’s Photo Album of 1866 New Mexico Territory
2019-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 | New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
In the aftermath of the Civil War, New Mexico Territory endured painful years of hardship and ongoing strife. During this turbulent period, a U.S. military officer stationed in the territory assembled an album of photographs, a series of still shots taken by one or more anonymous photographers. Now, some 150 years later, this remarkable volume reproduces the anonymous officer’s “souvenir album” in its totality.
Offering an important glimpse of the American Southwest in the mid-1860s, the photo album opens with a thoughtful foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale, who considers the varied and lingering impacts that settlement, conquest, and nineteenth-century photography had on the Apaches and Navajos. In her insightful introduction accompanying the photographs, curator and scholar Devorah Romanek places the photographs in historical context and explains their unusual provenance. As she points out, the album integrates a number of important themes in connection to the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, including the French intervention in New Mexico and the internment of Navajos at the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation.
The story of the album’s provenance reads like a mystery: some loose ends remain untied and some questions remain unanswered. In addition to containing what may be the earliest extant photographs of Navajo Indians, the album features both studio and field images of U.S. Army officers, Mexican politicians, and various sites throughout New Mexico.
According to Romanek, a number of the album’s photographs have appeared in other publications but without much attention to their original context or purpose.
This compelling book reveals what we know about the collection, its compiler, and the photographer—or photographers—who captured such a fraught and complex moment in the history of the American Southwest.
Devorah Romanek is an anthropologist and Visual Culture expert and is currently Curator of Exhibits at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
Daniel Kosharek, previously the Photo Curator at the New Mexico History Museum, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM.
Jennifer Nez Dennetdale is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and the author of Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita.
Hannah Abelbeck is the Photo Archivist with the New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM.
On the cover: “The Belle of the Navajos,” Navajo girl en route to or at Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, ca. September 1866. Palace of the Governors, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe (PoG 038199).

Inspired By Nature: Sifting Through Sand and Time Sand Art with Succulents
2019-11-20 18:00 - 21:00 | NM
Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for this hands on project on November 20, 2019.

The landscape of New Mexico truly creates our land of enchantment. From the mountains to the lava flows, the geologic landscape is breath taking. Come learn from Dr. Larry Crumpler
on how to read the tales hidden the layers of sediment and discover how our landscape has inspired artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe.
Then, create your own work of art with Moonlight Makes as we create sand art with succulents.
21+ only (bring your I.D.) Tickets $40. All tickets include a voucher for one free drink and additional drinks can be purchased at the cash bar.
A portion of every ticket sale will go to help support the Volcano exhibit upgrade project.
Space is limited.
tickets here

Apollo 12 Anniversary Celebrate with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2019-11-20 13:00 - 17:00 | NM
November 20, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 12 astronaut’s second day on the lunar surface. To celebrate this historic event, take part in a truly unique experience as you “walk on the Moon” (on a giant lunar floor map). The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is the only place in New Mexico and one of only a few places in the country to have this giant moon map on loan from NASA. We are the first to have this geological lunar map after its appearance on the National Mall in Washington DC to celebrate the Apollo 11 Anniversary. New Mexico has long been involved in studying the geology of the Moon, using New Mexico’s volcanoes as analogs to lunar volcanism. So…come walk on the moon… Hands-on activities for all ages will include virtual reality apps based on the Apollo missions.

Event is included with Museum admission

Let’s Take a Look! MIAC Curators Examine Your Treasures
2019-11-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87557, United States
MIAC Curators gather in the lobby of the Museum on the third Wednesday of each month awaiting whatever treasures may walk through the door. This is your opportunity to bring a family heirloom, something special from your collection, or a piece you know nothing about. Naturally, they prefer items from the American Southwest (in keeping with the museum’s focus), but they will check out anything you bring in.
Federal law prohibits curators from “appraising” any items, but they will direct you to appropriate resources. For more information, visit this page: http://indianartsandculture.org/lets-take-a-look.

Book Reading and Signing: Norma Elia Cantú, Cabañuelas
2019-11-17 14:00 - 16:00 | National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
Salón Ortega
Norma Elia Cantú will read from her new novel, Cabañuelas (University of New Mexico Press, 2019), the successor to her award-winning Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, which chronicles her childhood experiences on the border. Nena leaves Laredo, Texas, and moves to Madrid, Spain, to research the historical roots of traditional fiestas in Laredo. Immersing herself in post-Franco Spain and its rich history, its food, music, and fiestas, Nena finds herself falling for Paco, a Spaniard. Nena’s research and experiences teach her about who she is, where she comes from, and what is important to her. As her work comes to a close, Nena must decide where she can best be true to her entire self: in Spain with Paco or in Laredo, her home, where her job and family await her return. After reading, Cantú will talk about the craft of writing a novel—in celebration of National Novel Writing Month (November).
This event is free and open to the public
Presented in conjunction with the University of New Mexico Press

Film Showing of Living Traditions: Folk Art of New Mexico a documentary film by Michael Pettit
2019-11-17 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
Learn more about the 2009-2011 MOIFA exhibit ” A Century of Masters: The NEA Heritage Fellows of New Mexico” .
Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts honors folk artists, storytellers, performers, and musicians throughout the United States for their contributions to traditional art forms. The National Heritage Fellows demonstrate artistic excellence and a commitment to their art forms through their processes, techniques, and transmission of the knowledge to others that strengthens and enriches their communities. http://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibition/228/a-century-of-masters
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/
Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure. The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.
706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.
Hours: 10 am to 5 pm closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors.

THE COLOR WOODCUTS OF GUSTAVE BAUMANN: A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ THIRTY YEARS IN THE MAKING
2019-11-16 13:00 - 16:00 | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné by Gala Chamberlain, with essays by Nancy E. Green and Thomas Leech, and a foreword by Martin Krause, will be published by Rizzoli Electa on September 24, 2019. The New Mexico Museum of Art will host a panel discussion moderated by Kate Nelson on the making of the book on November 16, 2019 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm at the Museum followed by a book signing. Panelists include Gala Chamberlain, Nancy E. Green, Martin Krause, Thomas Leech, and David Skolkin.
In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné will be available for purchase at the New Mexico Museum of Art Shop on the day of the event.
About the panelists:
Gala Chamberlain has worked at the Annex Galleries for forty years and is co-owner with her husband, Daniel Lienau. The gallery has represented the Baumann estate since 1973 and Gala worked on the Baumann catalogue raisonné for the past thirty-five years. Ann Baumann asked her to be her successor trustee in 2006 and Gala has served as the Trustee of the Ann Baumann Trust since Ann’s death in 2011. The Ann Baumann Trust also provided funding for the 2014 publication Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artists Cards from Holidays Past, funding for the exhibition, Gustave Baumann in California, and funding for the Gustave Baumann Symposium 2018.
Nancy E. Green is the Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of European and American Art, Prints and Drawings, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, where she has worked for over thirty-three years. Author of several award-winning publications including Arthur Wesley Dow and His Influence; Susan Rothenberg: Prints and Drawing; Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony; A Room of Their Own: Bloomsbury Art in American Collections; and, most recently Japan America: Points of Contact, 1876-1970, she is currently working on an exhibition that examines the revolution in teaching art at the turn of the last century.
Thomas Leech is the Curator of the Press at the Palace of the Governors, and has more than 40 years’ experience in printing, papermaking, and related book arts. He was a recipient of the Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and under his direction the Palace Press received the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design and the Edgar Lee Hewett Award from the New Mexico Association of Museums. He is co-author of Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards from Holidays Past, and his essay on Baumann’s printing practices is included in the Gustave Baumann catalogue raisonné.
Martin Krause was for thirty-nine years the Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the earliest institutional collector and second largest repository of the works of Gustave Baumann. Krause is coauthor of Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art and editor of The Autobiography of Gustave Baumann and Gustave Baumann: Views of Brown County.
David Skolkin‘s career began in New York City working in the studio of one of the top book designers in the publishing industry. While in New York he designed and art directed book and exhibition projects for most of the major art book publishers as well as museums, galleries and art institutions in New York and around the country. When he couldn’t resist the landscapes of New Mexico any longer he moved to Santa Fe continuing to serve clients around the country. His work encompasses all aspects of publishing and graphic design, with a concentration in book design and production, the latter also involving extensive on-press supervision with printers in Europe and Asia. In addition to his freelance work he is also the Art and Production Director for the Museum of New Mexico Press, the book imprint for the State system of museums spanning native, folk, and fine arts. He is also co-founder of Radius Books, a non-profit art book publisher based in Santa Fe.
About the Book:
In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné by Gala Chamberlain documents 190 editioned works, including color woodcuts and early etchings and color linocuts, and an extensive body of printed ephemera created during the years 1905 to 1970. The introductory essay, “Deftness, Soul, and a Gypsy Instinct: the Creative Art of Gustave Baumann,” was written by Nancy E. Green, Curator of European and American Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. With her history of research, exhibitions, and writing on American printmakers, Nancy was the perfect scholar for this task. Thomas Leech, director of the Press at the Palace of the Governors, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, is a curator, paper maker, and letterpress printer, and he curated a permanent exhibition of Baumann’s studio, which includes his vials of dried inks, printing press, printing papers, tools, etc. With his amazing knowledge of paper, presses, printing, and wood, Thomas was the perfect scholar craftsman to write the essay “The Problems of a Regular Guy,” on Baumann’s techniques. Martin Krause, Curator Emeritus of Prints and Drawings, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, has a long history with Baumann’s color woodcuts and has extensive knowledge of the artist in Brown County and New Mexico. Marty co-authored Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art and further edited two books, The Autobiography of Gustave Baumann and Gustave Baumann: Views of Brown County, and he graciously wrote the foreword for this book. Gala Chamberlain also wrote the essays on Baumann’s studio practices, including on the papers used over his career and another on the history of his chops and their variations. The book is enriched by numerous never-before-published photographs of or by Gustave Baumann.
Time: Panel discussion: 1:00 to 2:30 pm. Book signing: 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: The New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 West Palace, Santa Fe, NM
Ticket Information: $10 per person for panel discussion. Advance tickets can be purchased at Gustave-baumann.eventbrite.com. Tickets also available at the door beginning at noon, cash only.
Ticket sales support the Museum’s education and exhibition programming.

Folk Art Flea Donations Days
2019-11-16 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
Folk Art Flea Fall Donation Dates: October 26th and November 16th.
Bring your folk art (tax deductible) to The Museum of International Folk Art on Sat., October 26 from 11am -2 pm and Sat., November 16 from 11 am – 2 pm.
If you have any questions please call the Flea Hotline: 505-476-1201.

Musica Buena Gallery Concert - Lara Manzanares
2019-11-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter of Northern New Mexican heritage. In addition to singing the traditional New Mexican canciones of her sheep-ranching childhood, Lara also composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling and songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her rural New Mexican roots and her urban experiences across the U.S. and abroad as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land.
After several years spent living across the U.S., in 2016 Lara returned to New Mexico with her guitar and several original songs in tow. In 2017 she recorded her first original album at Santa Fe’s The Kitchen Sink Studios with producer and sound engineer Jono Manson, backed by a phenomenal cast of musicians including Mark Clark, Justin Bransford, Jono Manson, Jordan Wax, Char Rothschild, Felix Peralta, and Rafael Herrera. The album, Land Baby, contains original songs in both English and Spanish. It received several nominations at the 2018 New Mexico Music Awards and went on to win Album of the Year.
Just like Lara’s upbringing and New Mexico itself, her music is a complex yet deeply cohesive mixture of cultures and sounds: deeply rooted but never still, heartfelt and humorous, simultaneously ancient and innovative. She continues to explore her New Mexican musical heritage and write and record songs while living in the Albuquerque area. Her most recent single, “Dear John,” was nominated as a finalist in the Americana category at the 2019 New Mexico Music Awards. You can listen to her music learn more about Lara by visiting her website, laramanzanares.com.
Photo credit Philip Wiley

About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/
Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure. The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.
706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.
Hours: 10 am to 5 pm closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors.

Pueblo Pottery and Embroidery Demonstration with Michael Bancroft (Ohkay Owingeh) and Shawn Tafoya (Santa Clara)
2019-11-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87557, United States
Michael Bancroft is a micaceous pottery instructor who discovered his love of clay in 2004. He feels his inspiration comes from his children’s grandmother, Mary Sedillo, and his grandmother, Emily Povijua, both of whom made pottery. He has taken and instructed many art classes at the Poeh Cultural Center.

While also a skilled potter, Shawn Tafoya will demonstrate embroidery, another of his passions. Although a traditionalist in terms of materials and technique, his embroidery is strikingly innovative. Ideas for his work come from different sources, including nature, his Pueblo and other tribal groups, pop culture and his family’s art.

Transit of Mercury New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2019-11-11 07:00 - 11:00 | NM
TRANSIT OF MERCURY

Nov 11 2019 – 7:00am to 11:00am

Location:
Sandia Deck

There’s a little black spot on the sun today, and it won’t be there again for 13 more years! The planet Mercury will be passing in front of the sun as seen from the Earth at dawn on the morning of November 11, 2019. This event is not visible without special solar-filtered telescopes, and those will be provided by the museum and The Albuquerque Astronomical Society on the Sandia Deck, which has an unobstructed view of the Sandias and the sunrise. The museum’s front doors will open at 7 a.m. for a quick trip upstairs to see this rare astronomical event for free. At 9 a.m., the entire museum will open and normal admission will be charged for entrance. The transit will end at approximately 11 a.m. If the sky is cloudy that morning, the museum will not be accessible until 9 a.m., and live streams of the transit from other locations in the world will be available.
See an animation of what the transit will look like from Albuquerque here: timeanddate.com

Price: Free until 9 a.m.; Normal Museum Admission after 9 a.m.

Iberian Harpsichord Concert
2019-11-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Los Luceros Historic Site, 253 County Road 41, Alcalde, NM, 87511, United States
WHAT: Iberian Harpsichord Concert
WHERE: Los Luceros Historic Property, off Hwy 68, County Rd 48, Alcalde, NM 87511
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 pm to 4 pm
DESCRIPTION: This free concert will feature music from the Iberian Peninsula, from the Differencias of 16th century Spanish composer Cabeza to the Gallardes of 17th century Spanish composer Cabanilles. Also included will be sonatas of 18th century composers Seixas, Soler and Scarlatti.

The concert will be by Elaine Thornburgh who performs on harpsichord throughout the United States as both soloist and in chamber ensemble. A native of Key West, Florida, she was raised in San Francisco and began her study of the harpsichord with Alan Curtis while a student at the University of California at Berkeley. She has studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson and Laurette Goldberg. A graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she was a cash-prize winner at the Sixth Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. In 1984 she received the National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Award and toured California for many years as an Arts Council Touring Artist.

CONTACT: Ethan Ortega, Interim Manager (505-476-1165)

Annual Native American Veterans Day Celebration Veterans Lunch and Screening of "Defending the Fire"
2019-11-10 11:30 - 14:30 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87557, United States
Join us for our annual program celebrating the sacrifices and valor of our Native American veterans.
Program begins at 11:30am and includes:

Invocation with Arnold Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo)

Community luncheon from Noon to 1:30pm, with opportunity for guests to comment on serving or family servicemembers. Please RSVP for luncheon to Joyce Begay-Foss at 505-476-1272.

Screening at 1:30pm of “Defending the Fire,” a recent release by Silver Bullet Productions, which garnered Best Picture in 2017’s SWAIA Class X.

BOOK SIGNING ON NOVEMBER 10th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm “On the Path of Marigolds"
2019-11-10 | Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, United States
Come visit Ann Murdy the author/photographer and have her sign her

recently published book “On the Path of Marigolds – Living Traditions of México’s

Day of the Dead”. Her book illustrates how this celebration of life takes place in

Huaquechula, Puebla, Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca and the communities around

Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoácan. The book features nearly 100 color photographs

Prickly Pear Harvest
2019-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 | NM
4th Annual Prickly Pear Harvest in the Kiwanis Learning Garden 1801 Mountain Road NW

Saturday, November 9, 2019 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Our Prickly Pear hedge has plentiful pears this year – they ripen late. Come to collect, juice, peel, learn lore, taste recipes!
The 12+ page handout is perfect resource for teachers.
$5 per person. Event fee does not include Museum Admission.Limit of 40 attendees, so reserve your spot early.
Outdoor event – come directly to the garden. Location: East side of 18th Street — cross the crosswalk from Museum’s dino sculptures (Spike Pentaceratops & Alberta Albertosaurus) follow the sidewalk til you see the garden fence and gate. You can also google Kiwanis Learning Garden ABQ and see our location is listed on “Old Town Road.”
Questions? email cirrelda.snider@state.nm.us
reservations here

Exhibit Opening: Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets
2019-11-07 17:00 - 19:00 | New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM, United States
“Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets” at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum stretches through two galleries and is on display until January 2021.
The evening will include refreshments and a talk by longtime White Sands Missile Range public information officer Jim Eckles. Admission is free.
Visitors will learn about ranch life in the Tularosa Basin during the early 20th century, and how events taking place halfway around the world brought about changes that for many ranchers were permanent. The area eventually became White Sands Missile Range, drawing some of the world’s greatest minds in science and engineering.

Library Open House New Mexico publishing companies
2019-11-06 13:00 - 16:00 | New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building, 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Publishing companies in New Mexico may not be the largest, but when it comes to books about local art there are a plethora of small companies that deliver. The New Mexico Museum of Art Library contains a number of materials that were published locally about artists in the museum collection. Featured presses include Twin Palms, University of New Mexico Press, Radius, Sunstone, Rio Grande Books, Clear Light Publishers and our own Museum of New Mexico Press.
This event is an informal opportunity for you to browse books and artist files, ask questions, and see what’s new. About 7500 books are available for browsing, reading and creative inspiration. We offer free Wifi if you wish to bring a laptop, smartphone or tablet. Come any time between 1-4pm.
